Shinra Technologies Announces Hardsuit Labs As The Latest Developer To Join Its Prototype Accelerator Program

Shinra Technologies, Inc announced that Seattle-based independent developer, Hardsuit Labs, is the latest experienced studio to join Shinra's Prototype Accelerator program.

Hardsuit Labs is a newly-founded studio comprised of developers best known for their continuing work on the free-to-play shooter, Blacklight Retribution. “We have a long history of being early tech adopters – with previous efforts focused on new engines, new consoles, and new business models – and now the opportunity to be an early adopter of cloud gaming is extremely exciting,” says Hardsuit Labs co-founder Russell Nelson.

Shinra’s technology and platform are designed with the intention of offering players exciting new game experiences unavailable anywhere else. The Prototype Accelerator exists to foster invention and allow forward-thinking developers the freedom needed to create bold, new gaming experiences that are otherwise impossible within the limits of traditional game development.

“The opportunity to work in Shinra’s Prototype Accelerator is a truly empowering experience. As a developer and as a gamer, all of the things that you dream about being able to do are, for the first time, not just technically feasible but realistically achievable in ways that will push game design and gameplay to new and exciting realms,” offered Hardsuit Labs co-founder Andy Kipling. “When Hardsuit Labs first heard the pitch for the Shinra platform we were immediately intrigued and excited, and now the opportunity to work closely with Shinra through their Prototype Accelerator program has compounded that excitement tenfold.”

Shinra Technologies Senior Vice President, Jacob Navok, says, “We’re excited for what Hardsuit Labs is working on. With Hardsuit Labs and Camouflaj, as well as others to come, we are arranging a portfolio of unique and dynamic content. We invite other like-minded developers to reach out to us.”

Shinra Technologies will host a special event in San Francisco on March 5th to showcase its latest innovative technology as a limited preview to developers. Developers, publishers, and media are invited. To learn more about the event, please visi thttps://www.shinra.com/us/event.

TV News: Fox has found their biblical bad boy for the new Lucifer pilot

Deadline is reporting that Rush leading man Tom Ellis has been cast as the title character of Fox's drama Lucifer. Based on the comics interpretation of the character as seen in the DC/Vertigo series The Sandman and Lucifer, this live-action one-hour drama has Underworld's Len Wiseman as executive producer and pilot director with Tom Kapinos as writer. The series is being produced by Wanrer Bros. TV and Jerry Bruckheimer TV.

Deadline states that the series will find Ellis' Lucifer as "bored and unhappy" in his role as Lord of Hell, and promptly resigns his position to relocate to Los Angeles. There, he finds entertainment in helping the local police department "punish criminals."
 

First Look at Daredevil's Wilson Fisk

Marvel Studios and Netflix have released the first image of Vincent D’Onofrio as the Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin, in the Daredevil television series.

According to USA Today, the Kingpin of the Netflix series will be different than the Kingpin of the Marvel Comics Universe. This Kingpin shares goals with Daredevil, wanting to clean up New York City, but goes about it using very different methods. The series will be as much an origin story for Fisk as it is for Matt Murdock.

Daredevil premieres on Netflix on April 10. See both full images below.

Wilson Fisk

The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition Review

It’s been 7 years since the last edition and a lot has changed in Japanese Animation since then. Bandai pulled out of the American DVD market; Aniplex went to court over Kiba; Anime Sols and Daisuki tried to move the locus of power away from America and back to Japan; piracy and torrenting became hot-button issues; anime experimented with stereoscopic vision (Cyborg 009), crowd-funding (Kick-Heart), cellphone distribution (Today’s Aska Show) and “4D” cinema events (Hatsune Miku Live Party). Meanwhile, anime's sense of its own history continued not only to reframe the past, with the rediscovery of A Mole’s Adventure, but also to fret about the future, with the retirement of Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli).

If you ever wanted to know a lot of about anime series, ova and films this is the book for you. Often called The Anime Bible, The Anime Encyclopedia has seen it's 3rd revision. The revision updates from the very beginning of anime to the year 2013. Yes otakus your favorite shows like Sword Art Online and Highschool of The Dead are included in this revision. This entry not only gives the full synopsis and details of anime ranging from A to Z. It also gives you thematic entries covering various genre's from Hentai to sports anime and more. This section is great because it gives a history on each genre and how it started in anime. In addition each anime hyperlinks for those with tablets to get more information on the animation. I found this encyclopedia very useful when it came to old school anime. If you're like me and love the old school anime it's a great tool to look up titles you may have missed. The book is insightful, very detail and packs a punch. 

Final Grade A+/9.5